Rail anchor



Aug. 30, 1932. s. MOORE ET AL RAIL ANCHOR Filed 001',- 8, 1931 M WAPatented Aug. 30, 1932 PATE'l'" Fl GEORGE LOO]? MOORE AND JAMES ROBERTSTEELE, OF OWEGO, NEW YORK RAIL Ancxi'on Application fi1ed October 8,1931. Serial No. 567,608.

Our inventionrelates to rail anchors and particularly to anchors forresisting the longitudinal creeping of railroad rails.

One of the objects of our invention is to provide a one-piece anchorwhich is easily applied to a rail, which efficiently grips the A furtherobject of our invention is to pro-v vide a one-piece rail anchor whichis adapt-,

able to rails having base flanges of diflerent Another objectof ourinvention is to provide a rail anchor which will check the longitudinalcreeping of the rail in either direction of trafiic.

The novel features of ourinvention will.

' be morefully understood from the following description and claimstaken with the. drawing in which:

' Fig. 1 is a top view of a portion of a railway track structureembodying our improved rail anchor;

Fig. 2 is a side view of the structure shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 shows one end of the anchor applied to a rail flange; and

Fig. l'shows the other end of the anchor applied to a rail flange.

Referring to the drawing: 14 designates a rail, 15 a cross tie, 17 arailroad spikeand 18 the rail anchor which is the subject of ourinvention.

The anchor 18. comprises end members 19 and 20, respectively, and aconnecting member 21 which is adapted to bridge a railroad tie.

The anchor is preferably made from a bar of metal of uniform section andits ends 19 and 20 are formed with upper and lower rail engaging membersor jaws 22 and 23, and 24 and'25, respectively, which are adapted togrip one of the flanges of a rail base. The connecting member 21 ispreferably provided with a loop portion 26 which is adapted to passaround the toe portion of the head of a railroad spike to preventlateral displacement of the anchor when it is in its operative posit-iononthe rail. The loop portion 26 also functions to engage the sides ofthe spike head upon the tendency of the rail to creep longitudinally ineither direction of traflic so as to retain the anchor in itsoperativeposition to resist the creeping of the rail. The connecting member 21,in its normal inoperative condition, is offset from the loop portion 26towards the end 19 relative to the portion; between the loop 26 and theend 20 so that it will be necessary to spring the member 21 downwardlyin applying the anchor to a rail so that the anchor will moreeffectively gripthe rail due to the tendency of the member 21 to assumeits normal condition. v

' The anchor is applied to a rail by hooking its end 20 over the flangeof the rail so that the jaws 24: and 25 engage the upper and lowersurfaces of the flange of the rail base on one side of the tie, passingthe loop portion 26 of the connecting member 21 around the spike head 17and placing the end v19 of the anchor in the position indicated inbroken lines in Figs. 1 and 2. Pressure is now applied to the end 19 ofthe member 21, such as placing the foot thereon and striking a blowdownwardly and inwardly at the point indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2.This will cause the jaw portion 23 to pass downwardly beyond the edge ofthe rail base flange. As soon as the end of the jaw portion passesbeyond the flange itwill spring inwardly and thus engage the bottom ofthe sis rail base and the jaw 22 will engage the upper surfaceof therail base flange. After the anchor has been applied to the rail, thejaws 1 22and 23 and 24 and 25, respectively, may be brought moreeffectively into gripping en-' gagement with the rail base flange byalight blow on the side of the anchor adjacent the jaws. V v e From theforegoing description it will be 7 obvious to those skilled in the artthat we V have devised an improved one-piece two-way anchor which issimple in construction, which is easily applied to the rail baseflan'geyand which efficiently grips same to check the tendency of therail to creep;in either direction of traffic. jOurdevice is particularlyadaptable to rails having base flanges of dififiermnaz widths, as itgrips onlyone side of the flange of a rail and therefore i'tsgrippingfibilityisnotafi'ected by the changes in widths of base flanges.p v I p H Another"featureof importance is the fact I i that our anchordoes not depend'fon anymember of'the roadbed for its gripping' figc'tthe rail.

' While we have shown our 'in'ventioninbut oneform it will be obvious tothose skille'diin the**artthat it isnot so 'limited, butf is sus-fceptible of various other changes and"mo"di- '1 portion adapted to fgrip'therail flange.

, 11,31 A rai'lfanchor comprisingrail engaging end-members, aconnectingmemberintegraL I with said end'fmembers said'connectingmemfiber comprising a loop portion to; project 130-. l Ward the web of'arail and; to; pass around a.

' p 9" fic'ations without departing "from the spirit thereof, and wedesire; therefore,""that only such fl'imi-tations-i shall be placedthereupon asfare imposed by the "Having thus describedourinvention whatWef'c'la'im as new 'anddesire to secure {by 'LettersPatent is},

V 11A rail anchor compr'isingfrailengaging end members and a.conneoti'nglmember 'hav-' 7 ing "a loop formed therein to projectftoward? thejweb'ofajrail and toipa'ssfaroundfa spike f2; A rall -a-nchorcomprisingspacedirailen gag ng end members, anda connect ng menri' beradapted to a' tie, saidijconne'ctifng member having a loop portionto'ojeet L toward the web of a rail and' to.passaround' spikehea'd aportion adjacent sai cl loop at. 'A; rail; anchor comprising; railengaging en'd' members, a connecting member for said? i end members,said connecting}member haw ing a loop portion top-project towardthe' webof-a rail, andto pass around a spikehead and;

' a portionadj'acent said loopjportion adapted tobe distorted during theapplication of the anchorto a irailfi Q 5. raiL anchor comprising.fspaeedlger'fdmembers having jaws adapted to "'grip one portion adapted"to engage {the 1 enjd prior art xor as'are' specificallyset forthint-he appended claims;

flange of a rail'base on opposite of a railroad tie, a 1 connectingmember for said end members and means associated with said connectingmembers adapted to pass around a spike head in a plane substantiallyj'at right. angles to its'axis. 7

the upper surface of the flangeof a rail, a

member ateach end thereof for engaging the lower'surface of the railbase flange, and p 1 6. A. rall anchor: comprising a member", adapted tobridge a railroad tie and engage a loop formed' in the firstmentioned'member Y for engaging thee-11d of the toeportion of a spikehead. 7

-7 A rail-anchor; comprising a ,member adapte'd'to bridgea: tie, endmembers 'l'iaving :jawsgadapted to grip a.,rail' base flange and meansintegral with the first mentioned member :aidsaptedstosfengage the toeportion of a railroad spike to resist. longitudinal movement-of-the'-anc'hor-. *z

having jaws -a'dapted to grip oneflange bf a ra1l"and-"av-connectingmember toe 1 portionof a spike *head to reta anchor vin operative position en the 1 rail. A v J 9 A one 1311606 rail-anchorcompris ng-jaw members adapted to gr p a raili-iia nge at oppositesideso-fa tie ai'id a member-connects mg-s'ald awgmembersysaid-member?haaxloop portion to. pass airound th'efiheaid of; a? ral-l road spikein aplane substantial a amle. lel" to the "upper; surface of the tan Uflange and provide #afi fuierum -for theanchorf 10. A rail anchorcomprising a bar of Suestantialliy uniformcross sectionfhavlng apon,

t-i'on bridging arailroazcl tie, outwardl y ear tending rend porti'onszintegral with saiid 'por 1 -t1on adapted toengage therupper surfaceextremitiesibentiidownivvardlylandiinwardly V towardsssaiidfirstgmenti'oneda .per=tionntospree ofralrail base, saidend.portionszhavingltheir ido vide jaws for engaging the underssunfacesea grab with: said; portion' adaipted -to;. .engageithe upper surfaceof a rail base, said end portions having; their": extremities;bentgrdownwardly 7 and inwardly'towards said; firstmentioned;

portion to} provide; jawsnfonengaging"theiiin 'der' surface of arailebaseuflangev in crossi section: comprising en-d; members adaptedftok engage the upp er and: lower sm faces of afrail base'flange onopposite sides e nd me comprising {ailoo'p portion adapted toireceivei;

a spike head, a curved portion intermediate be a-rai lrea d tie; iconnecting member for ers; said connecting- 'memberf' 1 said Ioopportion and one end of the anchor

